Cultivator



j Nrrsn STATES PATENT Greater..

" DANIEL w. BRANCH, or TROY, ALABAMA.

cULTlvATo R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 296,121, dated April 1,1884. a Application filed Januar-y19, 1884. (No model.) d Y To a/ZZ whom it may concern.: I

Be it 'known that I, DANIEL NV. BRANCH, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Troy,

in the county of Pike and State of Alabama, have invented certain new anduseful-Improvements in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full', clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable otherm skilled in the art to uwhich it appertains to malte and use the same. My invention relates to cnltivators for various purposes; and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.,

VIheobject of the invention is to provide a frame having parallel beams, said beams being adapted to be adj usted nearer together `or farther apart` at will, according ascertain holes in cross-bars are employed by securing-bolts. Each beam carries a series of pockets, in one of `which is received a brace, which bears against a plow foot or standard, `which is se cured to the beam by bolts and capable of being readily adjusted to either of the series of pockets. The beams p are arranged parallel 'when ready for service, and the cross-bars are held at right angles to the beams by suitable braces. "The beams are three or more in num# ber` are secured to the cross-bars parallel withV each other, and the pockets or brace-blocks are preferably arranged in transverse rows of three.

With this object in view the invention consists in the mechanisms and combinations of mechanisms fully illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, andin which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a perspective detail of one ofthe pockets or bearing-blocks, and Fig. 4 a detail.

For convenience, I will describe the frame as having three beams, as shown in Fig.l; but `it will be readily seen that more beams may be added, if necessary.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar l letters of reference indicate .similar `parts in all the figures, A designates a series of beams `secured in a parallel position to cross-bars B by bolts c, which operate in holes b in said p blocks to the beams.

cross-bars, to adjust the beams relatively to each other, as may be required by the quality of work to be performed. These cross-bars are of strong metal, and are held at right angles to the beams by braces M, as shown.

i A designates handles, which are secured to alternate beams, and have standards or braces a, in slots a of which operate bolts, as shown, and by` means of these bolts and slot-s the handles may be adjusted to accommodate men of different heights. To one of the beams is secured the draft-clevis X.

D designate the feet or standards of plows H, and these standards are secured to the beams A by bolts d', so as to be readily changed for different adjustment. The plows may be shovels or turning-plows, either right or left handed, adapted to turn the soil in either or both directions transverse to the line of travel, and they are secured to the standards or feet D by bolts d. At or slightly below the center braces E, the opposite ends of which operate in pockets f2 of bearing-blocks F. These blocks F are provided with lugs f, which are adapted to be sunk into the beams Aupon their under surface and serve to prevent the blocks from turning on the wood-screws f3, which, passing through the holes f secure the These blocks are preferably arranged in transverse rows at equal distances apart, as shown, and it will be observcdthat diagonal rows of three -may be made in either direction, this arrangement being of course changed if more than three beams are employed.

of eachfoot D is arranged a bearing, D', forl What I consider the important features ofVV the invention are the frame, consisting of parallelbeams' arranged in the line of travel and adapted to be adjusted transversely at will, and the means for readily adjusting the plows to accommodate the service required.

Modifications in details of construction may be made without departing from the principle or sacricing the advantages of my invention, the essential features of which will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings. a The plows may be arranged to throw the soil inward, as in rows, or in either direction. They may be arranged in a row transverse to the line IOO able beams A, as shown, the standards or feet 15 D, having interchangeable plows H, the braces E, and the blocks F, having pockets f2 and holding-nibs f, the said blocks being arranged in transverse and diagonal rows, and the whole adapted to serve as and for the purposes set 2o forth.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL W. BRANCH.

of travel, or in a diagonal row in either of two l directions, and by the construction ofthe blocks F the change is readily made as the quality of the labor may require.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with the parallel adjustable beams A, having a series of pocket-blocks arranged in transverse and diagonal rows, the plow-standards having interchangeable plows, and the braces E, operating between the pocketblooks and standards, as and for the purposes I set forth.

2. In combination with the parallel adjust- Witnesses:

WVM. HELMIOK, J. J. WILMARTH. 

